Your firm has an average receipt size of 130 A bank has appr
Your firm has an average receipt size of $130. A bank has approached you concerning a lockbox service that will decrease your total collection time by two days. You typically receive 6,900 checks per day. The daily interest rate is 0.018 percent. The bank charges a lockbox fee of $165 per day.
What would the net annual savings be if the service were adopted? (Use 365 days a year. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))
| What is the NPV of accepting the lockbox agreement? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16)) |
Solution
Daily Average Reciepts = 6900*130 = 897000
SO for 2 days, Average Reciepts = 897000*2 = 1,794,000
PV of costs = 165/0.018% = 916,666.67
So NPV = 1,794,000-916,666.67 = $877,333.33
Annual savings = 1794000*(1+0.018%)^365 - 1794000 = $121812.60
Annual cost = $165* FV(Rate,nper,pmt)
= 165*FV(0.018%,365,-1) = $62,241.65
So Annual net savings = 121812.60-62241.65 =$59570.95 if service is adapted.
Recomendatiion : Yes. Accept the Lockbox service
Answer:
What is the NPV of accepting the lockbox agreement? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))
What would the net annual savings be if the service were adopted? (Use 365 days a year. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))
| NPV | $877,333.33 |